rudolph views on indian politics
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The Rudolphs had the capacity to express academic criticisms of Indian politics in a way that communicated their concerns for the country, a trait that Charkabarty said he admired.
“They undertook their scholarly work in a true spirit of generosity,” Chakrabarty said. “They were almost proud of what they saw as the achievements of Indian democracy while being critical of what they saw as its shortcomings. They, unlike many other external observers, did not make Indians feel defensive about their nation, and that was one reason why they were deeply respected by Indian leaders and scholars,” Chakrabarty said.
The Rudolphs also were known for encouraging other South Asianist scholars in a variety of disciplines, and sought to integrate into their own work the insights provided by social science scholarship from outside their discipline of political science. “I was often surprised to find that they had actually read some of my historical essays and wanted to discuss them with me,” Chakrabarty said.
Richard Taub, professor emeritus of Sociology at the University of Chicago recalled that “Susanne and Lloyd created in their house in Chicago a golden bubble of the Indian world to which they invited all the students interested in India as well as young faculty. Not only scholars, but politicians, reporters, civil servants, writers and other forms of celebrity paraded through that living room and were the subjects around whom discourse would transpire stoked by Susanne's Indian food. To mix metaphors a little, their home was a first-rate salon in which no-holds-barred conversations took place and all, no matter what their rank, participated. I recall one guest remarking that he could not tell who were students and who were faculty.”
I didn't knew about this
The Rudolphs had the capacity to express academic criticisms of Indian politics in a way that communicated their concerns for the country, a trait that Charkabarty said he admired.
“They undertook their scholarly work in a true spirit of generosity,” Chakrabarty said. “They were almost proud of what they saw as the achievements of Indian democracy while being critical of what they saw as its shortcomings. They, unlike many other external observers, did not make Indians feel defensive about their nation, and that was one reason why they were deeply respected by Indian leaders and scholars,” Chakrabarty said.
The Rudolphs also were known for encouraging other South Asianist scholars in a variety of disciplines, and sought to integrate into their own work the insights provided by social science scholarship from outside their discipline of political science. “I was often surprised to find that they had actually read some of my historical essays and wanted to discuss them with me,” Chakrabarty said.
Richard Taub, professor emeritus of Sociology at the University of Chicago recalled that “Susanne and Lloyd created in their house in Chicago a golden bubble of the Indian world to which they invited all the students interested in India as well as young faculty. Not only scholars, but politicians, reporters, civil servants, writers and other forms of celebrity paraded through that living room and were the subjects around whom discourse would transpire stoked by Susanne's Indian food. To mix metaphors a little, their home was a first-rate salon in which no-holds-barred conversations took place and all, no matter what their rank, participated. I recall one guest remarking that he could not tell who were students and who were faculty.”
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